The Way Hearing Works

Sound vibrations move through the chain of bones, known as the ossicles, to the cochlea.

Sound vibrations cause the fluid in the cochlea to move.

The movement of the fluid causes the hair cells to bend back and forth. This action creates neural signals, which are picked up by the auditory nerve. Hair cells at one end of the cochlea send low pitch sound information and hair cells at the other end send high pitch sound information.

The auditory nerve sends the sound information to the brain, where it is interpreted as sound.

The Annual Meeting of the HEARRING Group will take place on the 5th – 7th November 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. This year’s meeting will not only bring together the world leading centers, it will also be guided by fresh innovative ideas regarding both the field of auditory science and the group itself. […]

The centers of the network met again in September 2018. The centers discussed the topics that currently resonate within the field of auditory science. HEARRING focused once again on international collaboration and the pooling of collective experience to foster advancements within and beyond the group. Consequently, this meeting has again delivered outstanding outcomes. These outcomes [...]